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Old 01-11-2011, 10:14 PM
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After the Optima Challenge and reviewing the video I realized how bad I needed a harness. My seats fit me well but I needed to reposition myself mide corner. There is enough to think about with 650 hp under the hood. I called up Ridetech and Rodney and I came up with a plan to get a harness bar in my car. We decided to have him send me the clamps and I could position them and take an eye to eye measurement. Rodney will then weld me up a harness bar and I'll likely paint the center section and leave the ends stainless. I haven't decided if I'll remove the 3 point belts at this point. Or simply use the same anchors and use the race belts only at events. Anyway, after doing some reading I've seen many different maximum belt angles and came across this article and it really makes sense.
http://www.circletrack.com/safety/ct...uidelines.html
The angle of the shoulder harness should be 90 degrees in comparison to your spine angle. I found what I feel is a comfortable driving position. I just need to verify it's approx. 90 degrees. Anybody disagree??


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